Escambia County, Florida
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The Westernmost County in Florida. Consists of Mainland Florida and Three Islands. It's County Seat is Pensacola.
This is also one of the instances where two counties of the same name but in a different state (Florida and Alabama) border each other.
It was named for the Escambia River, whose name in turn comes from a Spanish word for "barter" or "exchange."
The 2000 population was 294,210. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 296,772.
Escambia County and St. Johns County were Florida's original two counties with the Suwannee River being the boundary between the two.
Escambia County is part of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area and extendedly the Mobile, Alabama Area.
County Area: 664 sq. mi. (1720 km. sq.); 38th largest county in Florida.
TV:
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By callsign:
W30BX | W39BP | WALA | WAWD | WBPG | WBQP | WEAR | WEIQ | WFBD | WFGX | WHBR | WJTC | WKRG | WMPV | WPAN | WPMI | WRBD | WSRE
Other Wikipedia Links Concerning Escambia County, FL
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Naval_Air_Station - Pensacola Naval Air Station
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Angels - The Blue Angels
The Westernmost County in Florida. Consists of Mainland Florida and Three Islands. It's County Seat is Pensacola.
This is also one of the instances where two counties of the same name but in a different state (Florida and Alabama) border each other.
It was named for the Escambia River, whose name in turn comes from a Spanish word for "barter" or "exchange."
The 2000 population was 294,210. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 296,772.
Escambia County and St. Johns County were Florida's original two counties with the Suwannee River being the boundary between the two.
Escambia County is part of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area and extendedly the Mobile, Alabama Area.
County Area: 664 sq. mi. (1720 km. sq.); 38th largest county in Florida.
TV:
By frequency:
3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 60
By callsign:
W30BX | W39BP | WALA | WAWD | WBPG | WBQP | WEAR | WEIQ | WFBD | WFGX | WHBR | WJTC | WKRG | WMPV | WPAN | WPMI | WRBD | WSRE
Other Wikipedia Links Concerning Escambia County, FL
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensacola_Naval_Air_Station - Pensacola Naval Air Station
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Angels - The Blue Angels
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escambia_County,_Florida
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°38'21"N 87°16'37"W
- Baldwin County , Alabama 105 km
- Lake County, Florida 535 km
- Volusia County, Florida 556 km
- Polk County, Florida 561 km
- Osceola County, Florida 601 km
- Brevard County, Florida 642 km
- Monroe County, Florida 687 km
- Collier County, Florida 702 km
- Palm Beach County, Florida 745 km
- Miami-Dade County, Florida 814 km
- Becks Lake Fish Camp 1.5 km
- Cottage Hill State Forest 2.8 km
- Cottage Hill, Florida 3.5 km
- Solutia 5.3 km
- Gonzalez, Florida 6 km
- Clay Pit 6.6 km
- International Paper Company 6.8 km
- Stonebrook Village and Golf Course 8 km
- Wallace, Florida 10 km
- Pace Naval Outlying Field Heliport 11 km
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